aurora 5. 54
I can build military ships with military engines, but if i try to use a civilian engine, or some cargo holds, then my designs break.
If I open the F5-screen and choose a "freighter" hull, I get this initial summary display:
Vanguard class Freighter 250 tons 23 Crew 48.5 BP TCS 5 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 1-3 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 121 Max Repair 5 MSP
Fuel Capacity 50
Note, there is nowhere it says "This design is classed as a commercial vessel for maintenance purposes", like in the tutorial (?!?).
Then if I give it a military engine it says:
Vanguard class Freighter 550 tons 48 Crew 63 BP TCS 11 TH 25 EM 0
2272 km/s Armour 1-5 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
Maint Life 29.37 Years MSP 72 AFR 2% IFR 0% 1YR 0 5YR 2 Max Repair 12 MSP
Nuclear Thermal Engine E9 (1) Power 25 Fuel Use 90% Signature 25 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50
There is still no "commercial for maintenance purposes", but this design shows up in the retool menu in my shipyard, I can build it, and it can fly.
But if I instead give my design a commercial engine, the summary just says:
Vanguard class Freighter 1
- no more, no less. And the ship does not show up in the retool menu in my shipyard, and consequently cannot be built.
If I take away the civilian engine and go back to the military one, and then add 5 cargo holds, the summary now says:
Vanguard class Freighter 26
Still no retooling in the shipyard.
I have tried a lot of different combinations, (different engines, different hulls) but I have not been able to build any designs, that has cargo holds or civilian engines in it. I may have done something wrong, when I designed the commercial engines, but the cargo holds are not designed, they came with the game, so to speak, so they ought to work.
What am I doing wrong?
edit: For completeness' sake, this is what it says if I leave out the engines and just give the ship 5 cargo holds:
Vanguard class Freighter 26